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US Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division to hold Nov. 4 press conference in Norfolk, Va., to announce partnership with Mexican Consulate
NORFOLK, Va. -- The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division will hold a press conference on Friday, Nov. 4, at the Norfolk Federal Building to announce its partnership with the Consular Section of the Consulate General of Mexico in the District of Columbia. During the conference, both agencies will sign an agreement of understanding establishing a collaborative relationship to provide Mexican nationals in Virginia with information, guidance and access to education and training resources concerning their rights as workers. The goal is to reduce violations of the minimum wage, overtime, record-keeping, child labor, safe housing and transportation provisions of the laws enforced by the Wage and Hour Division.
WHO: Bruce Clark, director, Wage and Hour Division’s Richmond District Office Patricia Pickett, assistant district director, Wage and Hour Division’s Norfolk Area Office Anibal Gomez Toledo, Consular Section head, Embassy of Mexico Joanna Rasero Vega, Consular Section’s Department of Protection, Embassy of Mexico WHAT: Press conference to announce partnership between the department’s Wage and Hour Division and the Mexican Consulate, and the signing of an agreement of understanding WHERE: Norfolk Federal Building 200 Granby St., Room 222 Norfolk, Va. 23510 WHEN: Friday, Nov. 4 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. EDT
The event is open to the press. Media interested in covering it should contact Joanna Hawkins in the Labor Department’s Office of Public Affairs using the information above.
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